Seriously though, awesome article and I hope we get to see some videos of the bird using his new beak at some point. I love how all these experts came together to fix the beak.
What I wonder about is why there is so much focus on the cost, rather than on the tech and the fact that this is a very tricky thing to do for a living creature.
Edit for none English speakers the words beak and Bill are often used interchangeably to mean a bird's beak or bill.
Americans. Cost and value are everything, and it has poisoned every level of society.
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I'm curious about the economics of these. who funds these endeavors and why? who makes the decision on spending $X for quality of life improvement on a hornbill vs saving a few rhinos.
because in a world where you see humans without basic stuff to live with, this is a fascinating economic alignment with a different species